can't install port pkg_install

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Jan 24 02:35:43 PST 2005


On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 01:03:53AM -0800, Olga Zenkova wrote:
> Hi!
> Can't install port pkg_install-20040802 on
> FreeBSD-4.2. The port is successfully built, but on
> command "make install" I get:
> 
> ==> Installing for pkg_install-20040802
> ==> Generating temporary packing list
> ln: illegal option -- h
> usage: ln [-fisv] file 1 file2
> ln: [-fisv] file ... directory
> link file1 file2
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/pkg_install.
> 
> I don't understand this message. What can I do?

Update to a supported version of FreeBSD (i.e. 4.10, 5.3, or wait for
4.11-R in a few days).  4.2 is long out of support, and does not have
sufficient features to use the current ports collection.

Kris
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